Quotations: Healthy Body Image & Self-Esteem

Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth. -- Aesop

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. -- Helen Keller

Every achiever I have ever met says, "My life turned around when I began to believe in me." -- Robert Schuller

Never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning. -- Anthony Trollope

Failure is an event, never a person. -- William D. Brown

Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you're going to do now, and do it. -- William Durant, founder of General Motors

Success gravitates toward those who are perceived to be successful. Regardless of how you feel within, you must emanate success if you want to attract people to your cause. -- Jeff Herman

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it. Try the "as if" technique. -- William James

It is funny about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the very best you will very often get it. -- W. Somerset Maugham

I've gone through life believing in the strength and competence of others; never in my own. Now, dazzled, I discover that my capacities are real. It's like finding a fortune in the lining of an old coat. -- Joan Mills

Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire. -- Orison S. Marsden

Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, "I have failed three times," and what happens when he says, "I'm a failure." -- S. I. Hayakawa

One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are. -- Gail Godwin

The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears. -- Indian proverb

Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. The good news is -- optimism does too. Since you're free to choose, choose success and happiness. Choose optimism! -- Author Unknown

Someone's opinion of you does not have to become your reality. -- Les Brown

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. -- Aristotle

Take control of your destiny. Believe in yourself. Ignore those who try to discourage you. Avoid negative sources, people, places, things and habits. Don't give up and don't give in. -- Wanda Carter

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

There is more in us than we know. If we can be made to see it, perhaps, for the rest of our lives, we will be unwilling to settle for less. -- Kurt Hahn (founder of Outward Bound)

Think highly of yourself because the world takes you at your own estimate. -- Author Unknown

Trusting your intuition means tuning in as deeply as you can to the energy you feel, following that energy moment to moment, trusting that it will lead you where you want to go and bring you everything you desire. -- Shakti Gawain

We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the Beautiful Stuff out. -- Ray Bradbury

Your thoughts determine your actions. Your actions determine your habits. Your habits determine your character. And your character gives birth to your destiny. -- Unknown

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. -- Bill Cosby

We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams. -- Les Brown, Live Your Dreams